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Twenty-Two & the Asia Minor Catastrophe– A moving evocation of a human tragedy
Those of us who were fortunate enough to have been able to secure tickets to the recent performance of Twenty Two at the impressive Clayton’s Community Centre Theatre have borne …
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Setting Sun Film Festival celebrates 10 years
Setting Sun Film Festival (SSFF) is celebrating its tenth year with the promise to deliver a program highlighting cultural diversity for its 2023 edition. Running from May 11 to May …
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Klearhos Murphy: Winner of Young Composer of the Year Award blending Western Art, Byzantine and Greek-folk traditions
Klearhos Murphy has been named the winner of Willoughby Symphony Orchestra’s Young Composer of the Year Award for 2023. “I was honestly completely starstruck when they called me,” said Klearhos …
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Greek Film Society to screen documentary on the revival of the ancient Greek bagpipe
The Greek Film Society is set to showcase Yorgos Arvanitis’ documentary ‘The Journey of Askavlos’, a ten-year passion project dedicated to the revival of the ancient Greek bagpipe in modern …
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Audience embraces Rebetika with symphony orchestra
Rebetika songs played with a symphony orchestra. What could the end result be? Judging from the performance’s conclusion, but more importantly from the audience’s response, the outcome was outstanding. This …
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Nick Tsiavos to stun audiences with concert of ancient chants, rock, jazz and classical
Composer Nick Tsiavos is set to dazzle audiences with a concert titled ‘Akathistos (Ακάθιστος) Fragments’ which sees a daring combination of styles between the ancient chants of church and the …
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Antonis Remos tours Australia for April’s Anzac Day long weekend
Antonis Remos, one of Greece’s most successful and loved male singers of laiko, will be touring Australia this Anzac Day long weekend, with four dates locked in across Adelaide, Melbourne, …
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What’s On 22-29 April: Rebetiko, history, art, music, festivals and more
VIC TSIFTES LIVE Rebetiko music, known as the Greek blues, emerged in Greece in the 1920s as the music of the poor and the outlawed. Early songs were written in …
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Smoking can make lung tumours more resistant: study
Smokers’ bodies react differently to lung cancer treatment than non-smokers’, scientists have found, which may explain why one in five patients don’t respond to immunotherapy. Researchers believe understanding the differences …
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‘Memento Mori’: artist Ox King to speak on latest work inspired by the Fates
The Hellenic Museum is set to host a talk with Ox King (Steven Nuttal) discussing his upcoming work titled ‘Memento Mori’. The Sydney-based artist will be in conversation with museum …